The fact that two of the members are active producers (Blume has won a Grammy with the Klezmatics, Baron has produced Peter Murphy and others) is a tip-off that this recording is of the highest quality, both intriguing and inventive.

In playing all instrumental music (there is voice occasionally, but just sounds, not words) what results is a 21-century Ventures if you will; adventurous futuristic music for the masses. That said, it's also for intellectuals.

The aforementioned retro-futuristic vibe is encouraged not only by the sound of the first track, but the title, "Barbarella." Cosmic keyboards ride the thunderous rthym section (you could just tune up with Dorsey and Alford playing and it would sound good) past the moon and stars. As the enticing melody works its way around the clever chord changes, atmospheric sounds and textures fly by like asteroids, with the occasional UFO hovering nearby to see what's going on.

This template serves them well on other tunes, like the warning siren of "Inside Deep" underwater journey of "Love Locked" and galvanizing "Shinkansen."

There's never any self-indulgent soloing, or any soloing period, just juicy melodies and deadly grooves. Not recycling old ideas, but coming up with fresh new ones, Media invents what appears to be a new, yet unnamed genre in a groundbreaking move.